YouGov | Newshttps://today.yougov.com/news/2018-12-19T09:44:47+00:00YouGovPlanters sees a lift in Purchase ConsiderationTed Marzillited.marzilli@yougov.com/people/ted/https://today.yougov.com/topics/food/articles-reports/2018/12/18/planters-sees-lift-purchase-consideration<h3>Nearly four in 10 US adults are open to buying the snack brand</h3>
<p>Glasses of eggnog, plates of cookies, bowls of mixed nuts. As the holiday season arrives, Planters has a handful of reasons to be in good spirits.</p>
<p>New data from <a href="https://today.yougov.com/find-solutions/planandtrack/">YouGov Plan &amp; Track</a> shows that the snack brand&rsquo;s Index score, which measures a brand&rsquo;s overall health by calculating the average of six metrics &mdash; Impression, Value, Quality, Reputation, Satisfaction, and Recommend &mdash; has hit a new high for 2018. Between August 1 and November 30 of this year, Planters averaged an Index score of 37 among all US adults. Just recently, it reached a score of 42.</p>
<p>But that&rsquo;s not all. Lately, the brand&rsquo;s Ad Awareness score also increased to a high of 18% &mdash; meaning, nearly one in five consumers aged 18+ recall seeing an advertisement for Planters in the past two weeks. This, again, is a personal best for the brand in 2018.</p>
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<p>These increases in consumer perception toward Planters, along with a growing awareness of the brand&rsquo;s advertising, likely starring Mr. Peanut, correspond with a greater willingness to buy the product. On December 1, for instance, 32% of US adults said they&rsquo;d consider purchasing Planters when next in the market for consumer goods. On December 15, that percentage had climbed to 39%.</p>
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<p>A look at past data suggests that the winter holiday season is often a good one for Planters, which experiences higher-than-average scores across multiple metrics. So far, however, the brand is presently seeing higher Purchase Consideration levels than it was around this time last year.</p>
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Ad of the Month US: Kay Elise CzajkowskiElise.Czajkowski@yougov.com/people/elise.czajkowski/https://today.yougov.com/topics/consumer/articles-reports/2018/12/18/ad-month-us-kay<h3>This month, Kay is the brand that achieved the biggest rise in its Ad Awareness</h3>
<p>The holiday retail season is underway, and Kay Jewelers has launched several ads to promote their diamonds as the perfect gift. And in the month of November, Kay has seen the highest jump in Ad Awareness, according to YouGov Plan &amp; Track. On November 1, the brand&rsquo;s Ad Awareness score &mdash; which asks whether a panelist has seen an advertisement for the brand in the past two weeks &mdash; stood at 12, but by November 30, it had doubled to 24. &nbsp;</p>
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<p>In one, a man informs an off-screen person for permission to propose to a person &mdash; only for that person to be revealed as her young son. Another focuses on couples who are also best friends.</p>
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<p>Further data from YouGov Plan &amp; Track finds that those who purchased jewelry as a gift during the 2017 holiday season were more traditional and family-oriented. 95% agreed with the statement &ldquo;Spending time with my family is important to me&rdquo; compared to 88% of the general public. And only 16% of jewelry gift buyers agreed with the statement &ldquo;Marriage is an outdated institution,&rdquo;&nbsp;compared to 22% of the general public.</p>
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President Trump daily job approvalJoe Williamsjoe.williams@yougov.com/people/joe.williams/https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2018/12/17/president-trump-daily-job-approval
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<p>You can review the history of our ratings of President Trump&#39;s tweets back to February 2017 on our <a href="https://tweetindex.yougov.com/" target="_blank">YouGov TweetIndex</a>.<br />
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Phoenix residents most likely to enjoy winterJamie BallardJamie.Ballard@yougov.com/people/jamie.ballard/https://today.yougov.com/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2018/12/17/phoenix-chicago-like-dislike-winter<h3>This winter, head to Florida:&nbsp;Residents of Miami, Tampa, and Orlando are some of the most likely to say they enjoy winter in their respective areas&nbsp;</h3>
<p dir="ltr">Tis&rsquo; the (winter) season - but not every city is loving it. New data from YouGov <a href="https://today.yougov.com/find-solutions/omnibus/citybus/">CityBus</a> shows that residents of many metropolitan cities say that they dislike winter in their city.</p>
<p dir="ltr">But the city where residents are most likely to say they enjoy winter is Phoenix. Nine out of ten (90%) residents enjoy the season, while only 9% say they don&rsquo;t. It&rsquo;s easy to see why - the <a href="https://www.currentresults.com/Weather/Arizona/Places/phoenix-temperatures-by-month-average.php">average temperature in Phoenix in late December</a> tends to be anywhere between 45 and 67 degrees Fahrenheit, far warmer than many other places in the US.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Florida also looks to be a place where people enjoy winter. Residents of Miami (85%), Tampa (85%), and Orlando (84%) are some of the most likely to say they enjoy winter in their respective areas.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Other cities where the majority of people enjoy winter include Los Angeles (82%), Houston (75%), San Francisco (74%), Dallas (71%), Atlanta (64%), Denver (63%), Portland (58%), Seattle (58%) and Washington DC (53%).</p>
<p dir="ltr">Residents of Chicago are the least likely to say they enjoy winter, with only 30% saying they like it. A large majority (70%) of Chicagoans say they dislike winter. December temps in the Windy City tend to be <a href="https://www.currentresults.com/Weather/Illinois/Places/chicago-weather-in-december.php">between a chilly 21 degrees and 35 degrees Fahrenheit</a>. Similarly, only 31% of Cleveland residents and 33% of Minneapolis residents enjoy winter in their respective cities. Detroit (36%) and Boston (39%) aren&rsquo;t big fans, either.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Learn more about <a href="https://today.yougov.com/find-solutions/omnibus/">YouGov Omnibus</a> and <a href="https://today.yougov.com/find-solutions/omnibus/citybus/">CityBus</a>.</p>
<p dir="ltr">See what these cities have to say about the <a href="https://today.yougov.com/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2018/12/10/boston-DC-intelligent-denver-adventure-citybus">attitudes of people in their city</a> and <a href="https://today.yougov.com/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2018/12/03/new-yorkers-friendliest-neighbors">friendly neighbors</a>.</p>
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“Having time off from school” is many teenagers’ favorite part of the holidaysJamie BallardJamie.Ballard@yougov.com/people/jamie.ballard/https://today.yougov.com/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2018/12/17/teenagers-kids-christmas-new-years-favorite-part<h3>Nearly three-quarters (73%) of children between 8 and 11 agree that &ldquo;receiving gifts&rdquo; is their favorite part of the holiday season</h3>
<p dir="ltr">The holiday season is magical for many, but it&rsquo;s especially wonderous for children. When asked about their favorite parts of the holiday season, children between 8 and 17 were almost equally likely to say &ldquo;having time off from school&rdquo; (69%) and &ldquo;receiving presents&rdquo; (68%). Over half also chose &ldquo;spending time with family&rdquo; (55%) as one of their favorite parts of the season, while about one-third (32%) say they like &ldquo;decorating my house.&rdquo;</p>
<p dir="ltr">Teenagers between 15 and 17 years old were especially likely (72%) to say &ldquo;having time off from school&rdquo; is one of their favorite parts of the season. They were also more likely than their younger counterparts to say &ldquo;spending time with family&rdquo; (64%) is one of their favorite parts. Meanwhile, 12- to- 14-year-olds were exactly equally likely to say &ldquo;having time off from school&rdquo; and &ldquo;receiving gifts&rdquo; (70% for both) are their favorite parts. Nearly three-quarters (73%) of children between 8 and 11 agree that &ldquo;receiving gifts&rdquo; is their favorite part.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Practically all (99%) kids who celebrate Christmas say that they enjoy it, with 86% of these saying &ldquo;I enjoy it a lot.&rdquo; A majority (72%) also say that they made a Christmas list this year. Three-quarters (76%) say there were no more than 10 items on their list, but 13% say they had 11 to 15 items on their list, while 4% had 16-20 items listed and 5% had more than 20 items on their list.</p>
<p dir="ltr">And most think they&rsquo;ll receive a fair number of gifts: 32% think they&rsquo;ll receive between six and 10 gifts, while 30% think they&rsquo;ll get between 11 and 15 presents. Another 30% say they&rsquo;ll probably get between one and five gifts. A very fortunate (or perhaps optimistic) 8% of children say they expect more than 20 gifts. Generally, they&rsquo;re planning to give fewer gifts than they think they&rsquo;ll receive. Over half (53%) say they&rsquo;ll give between one and five gifts, and one-quarter (24%) say they&rsquo;ll give between six and ten gifts.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">After Christmas is over, many children will participate in another seasonal tradition: making New Year&rsquo;s resolutions. For 8-11-year-olds, the most popular resolutions are &ldquo;get better grades&rdquo; (33%) and &ldquo;make more friends&rdquo; (31%). Middle-schoolers &ndash; 12-14-year-olds &ndash; are resolving to &ldquo;eat healthier&rdquo; (34%) and &ldquo;get better grades (34%), while 15-17-year-olds are planning to &ldquo;save money&rdquo; (38%) and &ldquo;get better grades&rdquo; (33%).</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Learn more about <a href="https://today.yougov.com/find-solutions/omnibus/about-omnibus/">YouGov</a> <a href="https://today.yougov.com/find-solutions/omnibus/childrens-omnibus/">Children&rsquo;s&nbsp;Omnibus</a>.</p>
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Americans like Christmas music – including Baby, It’s Cold OutsideKathy Frankovickfrankovic@yahoo.com/people/kathyf/https://today.yougov.com/topics/arts/articles-reports/2018/12/14/americans-christmas-music-baby-its-cold-outside<h3>But most say it&rsquo;s unacceptable for Christmas music to be played in stores before Thanksgiving</h3>
<p>Who doesn&rsquo;t like Christmas music? Just 15% of Americans believe listening to Christmas music is bad or terrible. And in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll, it&rsquo;s the men who are more grumpy:&nbsp;19% of them say it&rsquo;s bad or terrible, compared with just 11% of women.</p>
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<p>The latest winter song to prove problematic for some is Baby, It&rsquo;s Cold Outside, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Loesser">Frank Loesser</a> song used in the 1949 movie Neptune&rsquo;s Daughter, starring Esther Williams and Ricardo Montalban. The sheet music&rsquo;s lyrics are written for the Wolf and the Mouse, and sung by Montalban and Williams in those roles. But then the roles are reversed in a parallel scene: Betty Garrett becomes an even more assertive wolf and Red Skelton the mouse. You can find both versions <a href="https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+red+skelton+baby+it%27s+cold&amp;view=detail&amp;mid=05FB7582BA8F19B9D1BB05FB7582BA8F19B9D1BB&amp;FORM=VIRE">here</a>.</p>
<p>Some radio stations have banned playing the song. But then <a href="https://www.wkyc.com/article/life/holidays/holiday-season/baby-its-cold-outside-makes-a-comeback-on-san-francisco-denver-radio-stations/95-4fc2739e-92ea-4eac-a883-ee341152210a">several reversed themselves</a>. What those stations who restored the song heard from their listeners reflected the opinions of most Americans polled over the weekend: by more than five to one, the public opposes banning Baby, It&rsquo;s Cold Outside. Men and women agree, and so do Republicans and Democrats.</p>
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<p>Those who know the words to Baby It&rsquo;s Cold Outside oppose banning it six to one. Liberals, conservatives, Trump voters, and Clinton voters oppose a ban. Americans reject an <a href="https://www.wkyc.com/article/entertainment/music/clevelands-star-102-stops-playing-baby-its-cold-outside-amid-metoo-movement/95-618996081">argument for the ban</a> made by a host on the Cleveland station that first imposed the ban (and that of this writing still bans the song): that it is wrong and manipulative in the #MeToo era. Just 14% accept that argument. 52% disagree with it.</p>
<p>Baby, It&rsquo;s Cold Outside clearly is seen by Americans as a fine Christmas song. But there is a limit to tolerance when it comes to Christmas music. That limit isn&rsquo;t about <em>what</em> is played, but <em>when</em> it is played. Most Americans find it <em>unacceptable</em> for stores and public places to start playing Christmas music before Thanksgiving, and even more say that about Christmas music before Halloween.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">See full <a href="https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/6cun6yp3zm/econToplines.pdf">toplines</a> and <a href="https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/ppsei7g0oq/econTabReport.pdf">tables</a> results.</p>
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Economic concerns grow after last week’s Wall Street declines Kathy Frankovickfrankovic@yahoo.com/people/kathyf/https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2018/12/14/economic-concerns-politics-trump<h3>Fewer now approve of Trump&rsquo;s handling of the economy&nbsp;</h3>
<p dir="ltr">The last week of losses in the stock market may have altered the way some Americans think about the state of the economy &ndash; and what they expect in the future. Throughout the Trump Presidency, Americans in the Economist/YouGov Polls have been more likely to say the economy is getting better than to say it is getting worse. Typically less than one in four have seen things as getting worse.</p>
<p dir="ltr">But this week, that percentage jumped to 30%.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">The percentage of Republicans saying things are getting better dropped eight points in the last week.</p>
<p dir="ltr">A growing sense of concern about the economy in general is clearly related to perceptions of the Stock Market. For the President, a rising market is a positive thing (he talked about the &ldquo;Trump bump&rdquo; when he first took office). But this weekend, after a drop of more than 5% in the Dow Jones Average last week, more people say the stock market will get even lower in the next year than say it will get higher. This is a shift in perception from last week, and from the total from all polls conducted since January 2017, when Donald Trump took the oath of office.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Republican optimism dropped ten points in the last week. Among those with incomes over $100,000 a year, there is pessimism: 27% in that group think the market will be higher in the next year, 33% say it will be lower.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The same is true when it comes to job expectations. Fewer this week than last think there will be more jobs in the next six months.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Still, the President&rsquo;s highest issue approval rating comes on his handling of the economy. More approve than disapprove, though the margin is narrow, shrinking from nine points last week to just three points now.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Apart from the issues of terrorism, where 43% approve and 42% disapprove, the economy is the only issue area where those who approve outnumber those who disapprove.</p>
<p dir="ltr">See full <a href="https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/6cun6yp3zm/econToplines.pdf">toplines</a> and <a href="https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/ppsei7g0oq/econTabReport.pdf">tables</a> results.</p>
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YouGov Affluent Perspective 2018: Global Business LeadersCara DavidCara.David@yougov.com/people/cara.david/https://today.yougov.com/topics/finance/articles-reports/2018/12/13/yougov-affluent-perspective-2018-global-business-l<center style="text-align: left;">The latest findings from YouGov&rsquo;s Affluent Perspective detail how affluent global business leaders feel about their company&rsquo;s performance and likely future success.&nbsp;These leaders &ndash; defined as owners or C-level executives &ndash; are enterprising, well-educated, and self-made.&nbsp;They represent a wide variety of industries &ndash; from financial services to manufacturing to healthcare and entertainment.&nbsp;</center>
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<p>When asked &ldquo;How healthy is your business?&rdquo; an encouraging story emerges.&nbsp;The majority report that their business are very healthy, particularly those at large companies. What&rsquo;s more, leaders of large business are feeling particularly good about their businesses as 38% say they are performing above expectations.</p>
<p>Many of these business leaders are wisely leveraging this opportunity to spur their business even further.&nbsp;They&rsquo;re investing more resources in innovation and technology, and in their most powerful asset &ndash; their people. &nbsp;</p>
<p>For many Global Business Leaders, there is a lack of enthusiasm for the Trump administration initiatives: only 35% agree that that Trump administration has been good for business. Despite this, they are incredibly optimistic about their future. Sixty-five percent are confident in the future success of their business.</p>
<p>And that&rsquo;s the Affluent Perspective.</p>
<p>Learn more about <a href="https://today.yougov.com/find-solutions/custom-research/about-custom-research/sectors/luxury-goods-and-services/">Affluent Perspective</a>.&nbsp;</p>
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Lame duck legislative sessions aren’t popular Kathy Frankovickfrankovic@yahoo.com/people/kathyf/https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2018/12/13/lame-duck-legislative-sessions-arent-popular<h3>Most Republicans now disapprove of outgoing Speaker Paul Ryan</h3>
<p>Americans believe that election results should put a limit on what legislators should be doing in any &ldquo;lame duck&rdquo; sessions &ndash; those sessions taking place after an election but before newly-elected officials are sworn in. In the latest Economist/YouGov Poll, the public finds lame duck sessions a generally bad idea &ndash; and believes that legislators should be voting on important matters before an election, not afterwards.<br />
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This has become a partisan question: Republicans, who lost Governor races in Michigan and Wisconsin, are currently attempting to limit the powers of new Democratic officials in those states (outgoing legislators in North Carolina attempted to do the same two years ago, but the courts ruled their actions in violation of that state&rsquo;s Constitution). Congress currently is also in a lame duck session, with Republicans having lost their majority in the House of Representatives.<br />
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There are many who see the value of lame duck sessions, as they can make up for bills legislators did not have time for before the election. Following given the outcome of this year&rsquo;s Congressional election, those who see value are more likely to be Republicans than Democrats or independents. Still, a quarter of Democrats and independents say lame duck sessions are a good thing.<br />
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Americans also oppose Congress and the President enacting major legislation after the election. Republicans approve of doing this.<br />
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Those who have been paying attention to the controversy in Wisconsin are more likely to disapprove &ndash; but that&rsquo;s partly because Democrats have been more attentive to this issue than Republicans have. Attentive Republicans are more likely than Republicans not paying attention to approve of lame duck passage of major legislation.<br />
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[This might have been an even more contentious national issue had Democrats won control of the US Senate, and the outgoing Senate had been asked to confirm new judges before the end of the year.]<br />
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Americans are even more likely to object to lame duck sessions voting to limit powers of newly-elected officials. Partisan expressions are clear even when the specific parties involved are unmentioned. By three to one, the public says this behavior (both in principle and in the specific case of Wisconsin) is inappropriate.<br />
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Republicans are closely divided on both, with small pluralities saying each behavior is acceptable. Conservative Republicans are especially supportive: by 42% to 28% they say what is going on in Wisconsin is appropriate.<br />
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As the US Congress finishes its term, it is going out as a body that few think has accomplished much. Just 11% think it has done more than the usual Congress accomplishes, with nearly four times that number believing it has done less than usual.<br />
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There has been a turnaround in how Republicans, whose party has controlled both Houses as well as the Presidency the past two years, look at their Congressional leaders. One year ago, Republicans approved of how Paul Ryan was handling his job as Speaker of the House, and disapproved of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. In this week&rsquo;s poll, it is McConnell who gets Republican approval, while Republicans are just as likely to disapprove of the outgoing Speaker as to approve of how he is handling his job. GOP House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy fares much better than Ryan among members of his party.<br />
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Majorities of Democrats approve of both their Congressional leaders, Senator Chuck Schumer and Democratic Minority Leader (and the party&rsquo;s candidate for the new Speaker) Nancy Pelosi.<br />
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<strong>Read the&nbsp;full <em>Economist</em>/YouGov&nbsp;<a href="https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/6cun6yp3zm/econToplines.pdf">toplines</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/ppsei7g0oq/econTabReport.pdf">tables</a></strong></p>
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Digital magazine readers like tailored ads, but remain wary of tailored contentTed Marzillited.marzilli@yougov.com/people/ted/https://today.yougov.com/topics/media/articles-reports/2018/12/13/digital-magazine-readers-tailored-content-wary<h3>Six in ten US adults who read magazines online are concerned about missing news stories</h3>
<p>As the media landscape continues to shift from print to digital, nearly three in four (73%) Americans feel bombarded by advertising, according to the latest figures from <a href="https://today.yougov.com/find-solutions/planandtrack/" target="_blank">YouGov Plan &amp; Track</a>. At the same time, slightly more US adults agree that advertising helps them choose what to buy (46%) than disagree (39%). For brands, marketers, and publishers, that&rsquo;s good news.</p>
<p>A closer look at the data reveals that targeted ads designed to appeal to individual consumers, or specific groups of shoppers, have a better chance of working than ads intended for general consumption. Media outlets in particular might be glad to know that 60% of consumers who report reading magazines online in the past 30 days &mdash; whether via smartphone, tablet, laptop, or computer &mdash; say they&rsquo;re more likely to interact with tailored ads. Online newspaper readers, too, show a higher probability of engaging with ads tailored to them, at 56%.</p>
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<p>Overall, 52% of US adults say they&rsquo;re more likely to engage with ads that are tailored to them, while 34% aren&rsquo;t.</p>
<p>While magazines and newspapers can benefit from tailored ads, additional data suggests they should be cautious about tailored content.</p>
<p>In total, 60% of digital magazine readers and 56% of online newspaper readers express concern over potentially missing news stories due to websites tailoring content to their interests. Only 48% of all US adults show the same uneasiness.</p>
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Exercising more and eating healthier are this year’s most popular New Year’s resolutionsJamie BallardJamie.Ballard@yougov.com/people/jamie.ballard/https://today.yougov.com/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2018/12/13/new-years-resolutions-2019-exercise-healthy-eating<h3 dir="ltr">Women (46%) are more likely than men (31%) to say &ldquo;reducing stress&rdquo; is one of their New Year&rsquo;s resolutions</h3>
<p dir="ltr">As the year draws to a close, many people are reflecting on everything they did in 2018 before looking forward. Many are optimistic about the start of a new year and making changes in 2019, but new data from <a href="https://today.yougov.com/find-solutions/omnibus/">YouGov Omnibus</a> shows that&nbsp;about one-third (31%) of Americans who made&nbsp;New Year&rsquo;s Resolutions last year say they didn&#39;t stick to any of their resolutions. A plurality (38%) say they stuck to &quot;some&quot; of their resolutions.&nbsp;Over half of Americans (54%) say they didn&#39;t make a 2018 resolution in the first place.&nbsp;</p>
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<p dir="ltr">But that&rsquo;s in the past. Looking forward to next year, about one quarter (26%) of people say that they plan to make New Year&rsquo;s Resolutions for 2019. Americans between 18 and 34 years old (33%) are more likely than 35-54-year-olds (30%) and 55+ Americans (17%) to say they plan on making resolutions. As for the specific resolutions people are making, the most popular one is &ldquo;exercise more,&rdquo; with 59%. Other popular resolutions include &ldquo;eat healthier&rdquo; (54%), &ldquo;save money&rdquo; (51%), &ldquo;lose weight&rdquo; (48%) and &ldquo;reduce stress&rdquo; (38%). Interestingly, women (46%) are far more likely than men (31%) to say reducing stress is one of their resolutions.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">&ldquo;Stick to a budget&rdquo; (35%), &ldquo;get more sleep&rdquo; (31%), &ldquo;spend more time with family&rdquo; (30%), &ldquo;learn a new skill&rdquo; (27%) and &ldquo;travel more&rdquo; (24%) round out the top 10 resolutions. And some are looking to &ldquo;Get a better job&rdquo; (22%), &ldquo;improve my relationship with my partner (22%), and &ldquo;make more friends&rdquo; (22%).</p>
<p dir="ltr">Nine out of ten (90%) Americans who are making resolutions are somewhat or very confident that they&rsquo;ll be able to stick to their resolutions for this year. Many are making a go of their 2018 resolutions once more &ndash; 22% say their 2019 resolutions are exactly the same as their 2018 ones, while more than two-thirds (68%) say that they&rsquo;re making some of the same resolutions as last year, but also adding some new ones. Only 11% say their 2019 resolutions are completely different than their 2018 ones.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Overall, Americans aren&rsquo;t terribly optimistic about New Year&rsquo;s resolutions: 80% agree &ldquo;Most people probably don&rsquo;t stick to their New Year&rsquo;s resolutions,&rdquo; while 48% say New Year&rsquo;s resolutions are &ldquo;pointless.&rdquo; Only one in five (22%) agreed with the statement &ldquo;Making New Year&rsquo;s resolutions has helped me improve my life,&rdquo; while 42% disagreed.</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><em>Editor&#39;s Note: The first chart in this article was changed on December 17, 2018 to more clearly reflect the available data.&nbsp;</em></p>
<p dir="ltr">See full results <a href="https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/307bcd90p8/Results%20for%20Editorial%20(NYRs2019)%20293%207.12.2018.xlsx%20%20[Group].pdf">here</a>.&nbsp;</p>
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Most Americans don&#39;t see the Mueller investigation ending soonKathy Frankovickfrankovic@yahoo.com/people/kathyf/https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2018/12/12/mueller-manafort-cohen-flynn-trump-russia<h3>Nearly one in five Republicans think the investigation will be going on until at least 2020 &nbsp;</h3>
<p dir="ltr">Just how long with Special Counsel Robert Mueller&rsquo;s investigation last? Just over one in five in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll believe it will end in the next few months &ndash; by the spring or even earlier &ndash; but more say it will last longer (and many say they have no idea how long it will go on). Democrats are somewhat more likely than Republicans to see it ending soon.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">The investigation has been seen through partisan lenses pretty much from the start. Today, although a majority approves of the appointment of a Special Counsel to lead the investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election campaign, a majority of Republicans do not. One and a half years ago, near the beginning of the investigation, an even larger majority of the public overall approved. Republicans, while somewhat less supportive of the naming of a Special Counsel, agreed. But as the investigation went on, Republicans have changed their minds.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Republicans have changed their minds even more when it comes to Special Counsel Robert Mueller himself. In May, 2017, Republicans were just as likely as Democrats to have a favorable opinion of Mueller (though about half in each party said they weren&rsquo;t sure what they thought about him). Since then, the percentage of Republicans with a favorable opinion of Robert Mueller has dropped 22 points, and the percentage saying they are unfavorable has risen 51 points. In mid-2017, 36% of Republicans were favorable, and only 13% were not. Now those figures are 14% favorable and 64% not favorable. Democratic opinion of Mueller today is almost the mirror image: 64% of Democrats are favorable, 18% are not.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Just about half the public expects the Special Counsel&rsquo;s investigation will produce evidence of a Trump campaign conspiracy with Russia, but just a third think there will be strong evidence. Nearly as many think there will be no evidence of a conspiracy. There are clear partisan differences in these expectations.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Large majorities of the public &ndash; including majorities of Republicans &ndash; would give prison sentences to three of those who have been indicted in Mueller investigation: former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, and President Trump&rsquo;s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen. Republicans, however, would be lenient in the cases of Manafort and Flynn. Majorities of Republicans support light sentences, or even no prison time for those two men. There is far less difference between Republicans and the public overall when it comes to Cohen.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">There is no question&nbsp;that what these men have pled to &ndash; as well as what they are accused of &ndash; are things Americans believe should be punished with incarceration. 91% believe lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation is a crime that should be punished with jail time (although only a third believe it should be a &ldquo;substantial&rdquo; sentence). More than nine in ten would send someone who engaged in money laundering to prison (though again, just a third would make it a substantial sentence). Hack into someone&rsquo;s email? More than nine in ten would send you to jail, but just a quarter would make that sentence substantial.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">As for someone who worked for a foreign government to&nbsp;influence American elections, 93% would send someone who was convicted of that to jail. 58% would make that sentence substantial.</p>
<p dir="ltr">There are crimes that even more say deserve stern punishment &ndash; murder for one, but also sexual assault. 72% would punish someone who sexually assaulted a woman with substantial jail time. Women are more likely than men to say that.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">See full <a href="https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/6cun6yp3zm/econToplines.pdf">toplines</a> and <a href="https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/ppsei7g0oq/econTabReport.pdf">tables</a> results.&nbsp;</p>
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More Americans prefer to buy domestic goods than Germans or BritsTed Marzillited.marzilli@yougov.com/people/ted/https://today.yougov.com/topics/consumer/articles-reports/2018/12/12/americans-prefer-to-buy-domestic-goods<h3>Three in four US adults like to shop at local businesses, too</h3>
<p>Labels can be deceiving. A pair of sweatpants with a tag reading &ldquo;Made in USA,&rdquo; for example, might be produced in China.</p>
<p>For this reason, the trade group Alliance for American Manufacturing <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-manufacturers-push-ftc-to-crack-down-on-false-made-in-america-labels-1542709800">recently asked</a> the Federal Trade Commission to get tougher on companies using fraudulent &ldquo;Made in USA&rdquo; labels to help make goods appear more attractive to unsuspecting shoppers. &ldquo;That &lsquo;Made in USA&rsquo; label carries a lot of clout and can be a big selling point,&rdquo; the Alliance for American Manufacturers <a href="http://americanmanufacturing.org/blog/entry/ftc-finds-companies-deceived-consumers-by-using-made-in-usa-label-does-basi">argued</a> on its website this past October.</p>
<p>According to new data from <a href="https://today.yougov.com/find-solutions/planandtrack/">YouGov Plan &amp; Track</a>, 76% of US adults aged 18+ agree that, if given the choice, they tend to buy American-made products. Only 11% disagree.</p>
<p>On a global scale, Americans show more interest in buying domestic goods than consumers in either Germany or the UK. In total, 70% of German adults say that, if given the option, they tend to buy German-made products, while 51% of British adults say they&rsquo;d buy British-made goods.</p>
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<p>Older Americans are more likely than younger Americans to say that, if given the choice, they tend to buy products made in the US. More specifically, 89% of those aged 65+ and 84% aged 50-64 prefer to buy American-made goods. Among US adults aged 18-34, on the other hand, only 59% feel the same.</p>
<p>In terms of political ideology, 88% of conservatives say they&rsquo;d purchase American-made products if given the option, compared to 76% of moderates and 68% of liberals.</p>
<p>On a related note, when asked if they either like or prefer to shop at local businesses, American consumers also recorded a higher agreement rate (77%) than either Germans (60%) or British (62%).</p>
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Vlog watching is especially popular among minoritiesHoang NguyenHoang.Nguyen@yougov.com/people/hoang.nguyen/https://today.yougov.com/topics/technology/articles-reports/2018/12/12/vlog-watching-more-popular-among-minorities<h3>Close to seven in ten viewers say they have been clickbaited</h3>
<p dir="ltr">Vlogging (video blogging) is a form of content creation where a person records their lives to educate, entertain, or share their opinions with others. The topics that vloggers discuss range from silly to serious, from beauty to tech, and Americans appear to be enchanted by the video genre. In a recent study, <a href="https://today.yougov.com/find-solutions/omnibus/">YouGov Omnibus</a> discovers that over half (52%) of Americans say they watch a vlog and millennials (72%) are especially likely to be viewers.<br />
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Two demographic factors appear to be correlated with one&rsquo;s likelihood to watch vlogs: age and race. Americans aged 18 to 34 may be the most likely to watch vlogs but over half (52%) of 35 to 54 year-olds are also viewers. Notably, close to a third (32%) of Americans aged 55 and over say they watch vloggers.<br />
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The study also shows black Americans (61%) are especially likely to watch vlogs, leading in viewership compared to Hispanics (57%) and whites (48%). The presence of children around the house may also play a factor: parents (62%) are more likely than non-parents (48%) to say they watch vlogs.<br />
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Vlogs also cover a variety of subject matters. Educational vlogs in the form of how-to videos (85%) and product reviews (67%) tend to be the most popular among watchers. More than half also say they watch vlogs that discuss travel (56%), beauty and fitness (53%), and lifestyle (51%).<br />
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Viewed from a consumer angle, vlogs can help inform some purchase decisions. Among those who watch vlogs at least once a week, 44% say they &lsquo;often&rsquo; or &lsquo;almost always&rsquo; search for a product online or offline after seeing it on a vlog. And nearly a quarter (23%) of the same group report they buy the product &lsquo;often&rsquo; or &lsquo;almost always&rsquo; after seeing it on a vlog.<br />
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Not all vlogs are made to be helpful though. When asked about clickbait &ndash; the act of using a misleading title and/or image to get the viewer to click on a video &ndash; 69% of vlog watchers say they have been duped into clicking a video that fell short of what they were expecting. Millennials seem particularly susceptible to clickbait videos and 77% say they&rsquo;ve been clickbaited.<br />
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<a href="https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/ft7vizl2xd/Vlogging%20results,%20Nov.%2029-30,%202018.pdf">Read more results from this study here</a><br />
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Baby boomers most likely to say there is a War on ChristmasJamie BallardJamie.Ballard@yougov.com/people/jamie.ballard/https://today.yougov.com/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2018/12/11/war-on-christmas-happy-holidays-christianity<h3>More than four in ten Americans believe Christian holidays are persecuted in the US</h3>
<p dir="ltr">The holiday season is upon us, bringing with it a longstanding debate about the &ldquo;War on Christmas&rdquo; and the role of Christianity in modern holiday celebrations. More than four in ten (42%) Americans believe that &ldquo;No other religion has their religious holidays attacked or persecuted to the same extent Christians do.&rdquo; Only 28% overall disagree with this statement. People who are 55 and older are especially likely (50%) to agree with this, while millennials ages 18 to 34 tend to be split: 34% agree, while 30% disagree.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Similarly, 39% of people believe that &ldquo;There is a &lsquo;War on Christmas&rsquo; happening in the US.&rdquo; One-third (33%) disagree, and 21% neither agree nor disagree. People who are 55 and older are also more likely (50%) to agree with this statement.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/HCIQt_Mt1Q61Kfnb97QH26XQ0KZ52dGykvJ9aKw-cIK8_PFCb6dmc1OhugC235yfbPHpiHa2Qtl5x_c8BOyyKbAZUlU60gbMUkNC8d9W1g6eJsjDcPPo18oo_3qBj_NSRnMsBBsU" style="width: 100%;" />About two-thirds of Americans (64%) say the holiday greeting they prefer to say to others is &ldquo;Merry Christmas.&rdquo; A similar number (66%) say this is the greeting they like to recieve. Only 27% say they prefer to greet others with &ldquo;Happy Holidays,&rdquo; and only 22% say they prefer to receive this greeting.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">When it comes to retail experiences, 45% of Americans say they are more likely to purchase from a business if the business&rsquo; seasonal branding is overtly Christian (items say &ldquo;Merry Christmas,&rdquo; use nativity scenes and crosses as decoration, etc.). Only 33% say they would be more likely to buy from a retailer whose seasonal branding is overtly secular (items that say &ldquo;Happy Holidays,&rdquo; images of snowmen and gift boxes as decoration, etc.).</p>
<p dir="ltr">Though it seems many Americans favor Christian messaging around the holidays, many are also open to other cultures and ideas. About six in ten (62%) agreed with the statement &ldquo;I like learning about holiday traditions and celebrations from various cultures,&rdquo; while a similar number (60%) say that they&rsquo;re &ldquo;careful to acknowledge that not everyone celebrates Christmas.&rdquo; Women were more likely to agree with both of these statements - 68% agreed that they like to learn various holiday traditions, and 66% say they&rsquo;re careful to note that not everyone celebrates Christmas.</p>
<p dir="ltr">See full results <a href="https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/saoq1b0v15/Results%20for%20YouGov%20Omnibus%20(War%20on%20Christmas)%20291%206.12.2018.xlsx%20%20[Group].pdf">here</a>.</p>
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Boston, Washington DC most likely to say their cities are “intelligent”Jamie BallardJamie.Ballard@yougov.com/people/jamie.ballard/https://today.yougov.com/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2018/12/10/boston-DC-intelligent-denver-adventure-citybus<h3>The city most likely to call themselves &quot;adventurous&quot; is Denver&nbsp;</h3>
<p dir="ltr">How would you describe the attitude of your city? Is it adventurous? Sophisticated? Charitable? According to recent data from YouGov <a href="https://today.yougov.com/find-solutions/omnibus/">Omnibus</a>/<a href="https://today.yougov.com/find-solutions/omnibus/citybus/">CityBus</a>, many major cities say that the general attitude of people in their city is &ldquo;intelligent.&rdquo; Boston (46%) and Washington DC (46%) are most likely to say their cities are intelligent, though many others like Denver (43%) and San Francisco (43%) also consider themselves intelligent.</p>
<p dir="ltr">&ldquo;Charitable&rdquo; is another word many cities used to describe themselves. Houstonians (49%) are most likely of any city to use this word, though Dallas (40%) and Boston (40%) are also likely to call themselves charitable.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Several cities on the west coast say that their people are &ldquo;eco-conscious.&rdquo; Portland (56%) is the most likely to say this, with San Francisco (51%) and Seattle (51%) trailing close behind. Denver (45%) and Boston (40%) are also especially likely to say they&rsquo;re eco-conscious.</p>
<p dir="ltr">By far, the most &ldquo;adventurous&rdquo; city is Denver (43%), though about three in ten Seattleites (29%) and Portlanders (28%) also use this word to describe their city. Few people chose the word &ldquo;sophisticated&rdquo; to describe their area, though New Yorkers (23%) and DC residents (22%) are most likely to do so. Tampa (7%) is the least likely to describe themselves as &ldquo;sophisticated,&rdquo; and also the least likely to call themselves &ldquo;intelligent&rdquo; (24%).</p>
<p dir="ltr">Overall, people are more inclined to chose positive adjectives to describe their cities. But some did opt for negative ones: About one-quarter of Miami residents describe people&rsquo;s attitudes in their city as &ldquo;selfish&rdquo; (25%) and &ldquo;shallow&rdquo; (26%). In Phoenix, a similar number (25%) describe their city as &ldquo;close-minded.&rdquo; Meanwhile, 26% of New Yorkers and 25% of Philadelphia residents say that their cities are &ldquo;rude.&rdquo;</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Read more about what these residents have to say about <a href="https://today.yougov.com/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2018/12/03/new-yorkers-friendliest-neighbors">friendly neighbors</a> and <a href="https://today.yougov.com/topics/health/articles-reports/2018/11/26/smoking-vaping-public-nyc-detroit">smoking in public</a>.&nbsp;</p>
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It’s a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Story tied for favorite holiday movieJamie BallardJamie.Ballard@yougov.com/people/jamie.ballard/https://today.yougov.com/topics/entertainment/articles-reports/2018/12/10/popular-christmas-holiday-movies-americans<h3>A majority of Americans (60%) say they watch at least one Christmas movie with their family during the holidays&nbsp;</h3>
<p dir="ltr">It&rsquo;s that time of year to cozy up with popcorn and hot cocoa and tune in for a Christmas movie marathon. According to new data from <a href="https://today.yougov.com/find-solutions/omnibus/">YouGov Omnibus</a>, three-quarters (75%) of Americans say they enjoy watching Christmas movies. Women (80%) and parents of children under 18 (81%) are especially likely to say they enjoy doing so. A majority of people (60%) also say that they they typically watch at least one Christmas movie with their family during the holiday season.</p>
<p dir="ltr">When asked about their favorite Christmas movie or TV special, It&rsquo;s a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Story were tied, with 9% voting for each. Other popular choices include Home Alone (7%), National Lampoon&rsquo;s Christmas Vacation (7%), and Elf (5%).</p>
<p dir="ltr"><img alt="" src="https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/inlineimage/2018-12-07/Screen Shot 2018-12-06 at 12.46.40 PM.png" style="float: left; width: 50%; margin: 5px 10px;" />How the Grinch Stole Christmas (5%), Miracle on 34th Street (5%), and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, (5%) were also popular, coming in ahead of A Charlie Brown Christmas (4%), A Christmas Carol (4%), The Nightmare Before Christmas (4%), and The Polar Express (4%).&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">Men are more likely to say A Christmas Story (11%) is their favorite holiday movie, while women are likely (9%) to have It&rsquo;s a Wonderful Life as their top pick. The top movie amongst millennials aged 18-34 is a tie between Home Alone (9%) and Elf (9%). For Gen X - people aged 35-54 - it&rsquo;s a tie between A Christmas Story (10%) and National Lampoon&rsquo;s Christmas Vacation (10%), while baby boomers aged 55 and older are exceptionally likely (16%) to say It&rsquo;s a Wonderful Life is their top pick. One in ten (11%) Americans say that they don&rsquo;t have a favorite Christmas movie or TV special. Bah humbug.</p>
<p dir="ltr">See full results <a href="https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/0oeld7ii66/Results%20for%20YouGov%20Omnibus%20(Christmas%20Movies)%20287%203.12.2018.xlsx%20%20[Group].pdf">here</a>.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Learn more about <a href="https://today.yougov.com/find-solutions/omnibus/">YouGov Omnibus</a>.</p>
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Most say foreign government should stay out of electionsKathy Frankovickfrankovic@yahoo.com/people/kathyf/https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2018/12/07/most-say-foreign-government-should-stay-out-electi<h3>But there&#39;s no agreement on Russia and 2016</h3>
<p>Is the Special Counsel&rsquo;s investigation winding down? One sentencing memo was released last week (proposing no jail time for former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn). But there is no schedule for the investigation&rsquo;s end. Americans in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll have little love for some of the individuals involved, and with Republicans and Democrats agree on some things, they are dramatically divided on the investigation itself.</p>
<p>Did Russia really interfere in the 2016 election? In principle, Americans don&rsquo;t like the notion of other countries doing that. More than half of Republicans and 85% of Democrats in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll say it matters a lot to them if a foreign country interferes in American elections. But today that feeling is very much affected by the public&rsquo;s opinion of the 2016 election, and is related to whether they believe Russia did or did not interfered in the Presidential election. That makes these answers very partisan.</p>
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<p>Two-thirds of those who care &ldquo;a lot&rdquo; believe Russia did in fact interfere, but that drops to 35% among those who say foreign interference matters only &ldquo;some,&rdquo; and to only 12% among those who say it doesn&rsquo;t matter at all. Russian interference has been attested to by the US intelligence community, but has been rejected by President Trump. Republicans, who give the President an 86% approval rating, clearly take his side on this. They reject the idea of Russian interference in 2016 by 56% to 31%. Those Republicans who are not yet committed to President Trump&rsquo;s reelection (one in four Republicans) are more suspicious about Russia. They are as likely to think Russia did interfere as believe it did not.</p>
<p>In general, Republicans agree with the President about the Special Counsel&rsquo;s probe. 79% believe it is a &ldquo;witch hunt,&rdquo; to use the President&rsquo;s term, referenced in at least 129 of his tweets. For the rest of the country, there is a different view. The overwhelming majority of Democrats and a plurality of independents approve of the investigation.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Two individuals caught up in the investigation get little support from any party. Democrats and Republicans hold unfavorable views of Michael Cohen, the President&rsquo;s former personal lawyer, who has pled guilty and cooperated with the investigation.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>They also think poorly of Paul Manafort, who once was President Trump&rsquo;s campaign manager. Manafort has angered both sides by first agreeing to cooperate with the investigation, but in now accused of lying to the Special Counsel&rsquo;s team. As for the Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Americans divide on party lines.</p>
<p>See full&nbsp;<a href="https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/d0dvvp4ry3/econToplines.pdf">toplines</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/yoolhxrark/econTabReport.pdf">tables</a>&nbsp;results</p>
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Democrat and Republicans differ on who benefits from new tax lawKathy Frankovickfrankovic@yahoo.com/people/kathyf/https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2018/12/06/democrat-and-republicans-differ-who-benefits-new-t<h3>Across party lines, Americans are split on whether tax law will mean they pay more or less in taxes</h3>
<p>Ever since the new tax reform law was passed last year, the country has been divided between those who think it will reduce their taxes and those who say it will increase them. That continues to be the case in the most recent Economist/YouGov Poll, with Republicans and Democrats on opposite sides on what they expect the bill will do to their personal finances &ndash; as well as on how corporations are using their savings.</p>
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<p>The bill passed a year ago on a mostly party line vote. Opinion has remained split on party lines since then. In theory, salaried Americans should have seen a reduction in federal tax deductions from their paychecks throughout 2018, but few seem to have changed their view of the law during the year. But there are other tax law changes, too, including the limit on the amount of state and local taxes which can be deducted, and the elimination of interest deductions on home equity lines (though mortgage interest, medical expenses, and charitable contributions remain deductible). Some may be thinking of those changes when they answer the question.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The partisan lens through which Americans see the law itself also exists in the public&rsquo;s assessment of how corporations are using their new tax reductions. Republicans believe corporations are using the tax money saved to benefit workers through increased hiring, salaries, or worker bonuses. They also see the money used for investment in new facilities or in research and development.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Democrats are much more likely to believe company savings are used for the benefit of executives or shareholders. Independents tend to give answers that are more like those Democrats give, not the responses given by Republicans.</p>
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<p>While American overall are split on whether they support or oppose the tax plan (with nearly one in three having no opinion), Democrats and Republicans hold very clear views. By more than four to one Democrats oppose the law, by more than seven to one Republicans support it. &nbsp;Democratic opinion of the law was even more negative when it was first adopted.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>See full&nbsp;<a href="https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/d0dvvp4ry3/econToplines.pdf">toplines</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/yoolhxrark/econTabReport.pdf">tables</a>&nbsp;results</p>
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Americans are split on whether Saudi Arabia is a friendKathy Frankovickfrankovic@yahoo.com/people/kathyf/https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2018/12/06/americans-are-split-whether-saudi-arabia-friend<h3>33% of Americans say Saudi Arabia is friendly, while 23% say it&#39;s unfriendly</h3>
<p>There is little doubt among the American public that the government of Saudi Arabia was responsible for the killing of Saudi dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but Republicans and Democrats continue to be split on what to do about it &ndash; and even on how to regard his home country.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The recent G-20 meeting brought together countries that Americans in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll regard as mostly friendly towards the United States. Only two G-20 countries &ndash; Russia and China &ndash; are clearly viewed as unfriendly. Those with opinions are divided when it comes to Turkey. Nearly a quarter describe Saudi Arabia as unfriendly, but even more think of it as a friendly country.</p>
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<p>As for the other G-20 countries, all those in Europe, North and South America, and others in Asia (Japan, India, Indonesia and South Korea) are thought of as friendly countries. So is South Africa, the only African country in the group, as well as Australia.</p>
<p>On most countries, including Russia, China and Turkey, there is little difference between Republicans and Democrats. But while Democrats aren&rsquo;t sure about Saudi Arabia, Republicans see it as a friend.</p>
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<p>41% of Republicans say they would support selling weapons to the Saudis, but 31% oppose that. Most of the GOP opposition is from Republicans women, who oppose US arms sales to the Saudis by about two to one (women overall also oppose selling weapons). There is also a gender gap when it comes to the US providing military equipment and logistical help to the Saudis in support of their intervention in the civil war in Yemen.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Those are specific policies that the United States has been pursuing with Saudi Arabia long before the killing of Khashoggi. His death, for which Americans blame the Saudi government 61% to 5%, may even bring about a <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/The-Latest-Senator-zero-chance-Saudi-prince-13442256.php">Senate resolution</a> finding Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, complicit (a small bipartisan group of Senators met with Central Intelligence Agency Director Gina Haspel on Tuesday). Most Americans support sanctions; Republicans are divided. Men and women are equally likely to support sanctions.</p>
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<p>Americans would like the government to consider human rights as a policy consideration in its dealings with other countries, but there is a divide on just how important it should be in US dealings with other countries. A majority of Democrats would prioritize human rights, while most Republicans would place it behind economic and security issues, but still consider it. Hardly anyone would ignore it.</p>
<p>The parties feel differently, too, when it comes to preferring democratically-elected governments overseas whatever their attitude to the United States, to dictators who are steady allies. By more than two to one, Democrats favor the former, while by the same margin, Republicans support the latter.</p>
<p>There is a sense among many that America&rsquo;s making be losing respect in the world. A majority say the US is less respected today than it has been in the past, similar to their reactions at the start of this year. Nearly a third say it will be less respected than it is today in 2020 &ndash; with a majority of those who see it as less respected today than in the past saying that respect will continue to decline.</p>
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<p>Republicans and Democrats differ dramatically on these questions. Half of Republicans say the US is more respected today than it was in the past &ndash; though nearly a quarter of Republicans see less respect for this country abroad. Republicans are also hopeful about the US becoming even more respected in the future.&nbsp;</p>
<p>See full&nbsp;<a href="https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/d0dvvp4ry3/econToplines.pdf">toplines</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/yoolhxrark/econTabReport.pdf">tables</a>&nbsp;results</p>
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